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4/8/2018, From the management: We have moved the Bullpen over to a new temporary server and a new permanent type of setup. It's a bit much to explain here, but I think it's working. Please let me know on User_talk:Admin if you see any issues. Thank you as always for your support.

1982 - Robin Yount hits two home runs and a triple as the Brewers defeat Baltimore, 10 - 2, to win the AL East championship. Don Sutton, 4-1 since being acquired by the Brewers in late August, is the winning pitcher. The Brewers had lost three in a row to Baltimore to make this last game of the season a do-or-die affair.

2004 - The final game in Montreal Expos team history is played away from home, against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium. New York defeats Montreal, 8 - 1. Jamey Carroll scores the final Expos run and Endy Chavez becomes the final Expos batter when he grounds out in the top of the 9th to end the game. Ironically, it was at Shea Stadium that the Expos played their first ever game in 1969.

The Rangers take a 2-1 lead over the Rays in the other ALDS. Mike Napoli hits a two-run homer off David Price to put Texas ahead, 2 - 1, in the 7th, then Josh Hamilton hits a two-run single to complete a four-run inning. The Rangers' bullpen gives up two late runs, but holds on for a 4 - 3 win. Desmond Jennings hits two homers for the Rays.

The Orioles once again victimize the Tigers' bullpen in the 8th inning to win Game 2 of the ALDS, 7 - 6. Trailing 6 - 3, they score four runs against Joba Chamberlain and Joakim Soria after scoring 7 off three relievers in the same inning the previous night and now lead the series, two games to none.

The Cardinals stun the Dodgers with a 10 - 9 win in the first game of the NLDS. Leading 6 - 2 and with Clayton Kershaw having allowed only a pair of solo homers through 6 innings, the Cards put together an eight-run 7th inning, capped by a three-run double by Matt Carpenter off the Dodgers' ace. Los Angeles manages to score three runs over the last two innings, but Yasiel Puig ends the game by striking out against Trevor Rosenthal with the tying run on third base.

In the final postseason contest of the day, the Royals take a 2-0 lead in their ALDS, once again stunning the Angels, 4 - 1, courtesy of a two-run homer by 1B Eric Hosmer in the 11th. The Royals are the first team to win three straight postseason games in extra innings.

Max Scherzer of the Nationals pitches his second no-hitter of the season, 2 - 0 over the Mets, also striking out 17 batters. Only an error by SS Yunel Escobar keeps him from a perfect game. He is only the fifth pitcher, and the first since Nolan Ryan in 1973, to throw two no-hitters in a season, and his game score of 104 is the highest since Kerry Wood's 20-strikeout performance in 1998. The 17 Ks set a new Nationals team record, and tie Ryan's record for most in a no-hitter.